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My DW and I spent a couple of days in St. Augustine back in 2003 when we were heading to Port Canaveral for our Disney Cruise.

It's a thoroughly enjoyable town to spend a couple of days in. Especially if you're into Spanish history and the conquest of the New World. We stayed at the Casa Monica hotel. It's located right in downtown St. Augustine within easy walking distance of the almost all the historical sights.

Some of the ghost tours can be great fun although most them of them are a bit campy sometimes.

The museums and historic sightseeing are enough to fill a good couple of days. The "Flagler's Legacy Tour" includes the "Hotel Ponce de Leon" which is now home to Flagler College. The "Lightner Museum" is worth a visit and is only about a block and a half from the hotel I mentioned right on Cordova Street. One of my all-time favorites though has to be the "Castillo de San Marcos". Built to guard St. Augustine and defend Spain's interests in the New World, it's a remarkable piece of architecture that has stood guarding St. Augustine for over 300 years. Paltry perhaps by European standards but quite remarkable over here.

Give St. Augustine a try. I really don't think you'll be disappointed.

Tom macwave:... searching for the Fountain of Youth!)

PS - All this talk of Flagler refers to Henry Morrison Flagler, a nineteenth century tycoon and partner of John D. Rockefeller in the Standard Oil Company. Flagler is credited with creating Florida's east coast through his ownership of the Florida East Coast Railway which helped create towns and cities all along the east coast from Jacksonville in the north to the Florida Keys in the South.

Does anyone know if DH can do a half day deep sea fishing from St Augustine? Not looking at spending $100's.

We went to Clearwater last visit and before we went, I checked online and they wanted ridiculous money BUT, when we got there, there were loads of boats ready and for a very reasonable price. We had a dinner cruise booked though so DH didn't get to go